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Accounts - Principles of Accounts Past Questions and Answers

Topic: Nature and Significance of Book keeping and Accounting

Jamb Accounts - Principles of Accounts Questions - Nature and Significance of Book keeping and Accounting

Question 91:
Use the information below to answer questions
Turnover...........................N120 000
Net profit before tax..............N40 000
Net profit b/f.....................N68 000
Proposed dividends:
Ordinary shares....................N8 000
Preference shares..................N6 000
Corporate tax is 30%...............N10 000
The undistributed profit carried forward is?
  • A N 68 000
  • B N 20 000
  • C N 74 000
  • D N 34 000
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Question 92:
Accrual accounting differs from cash accounting because it recognizes?
  • A Cash and creditors
  • B Debtors and creditors
  • C Cash and debitors
  • D Prepayment and cash
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Question 93:
A major factor that enhanced the early development of accounting is the?
  • A Industrial Revolution
  • B Growing of trade and commerce
  • C Development of arithmetic
  • D Invention of writing
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Question 94:
Departmentalization of accounts is useful because it shows the?
  • A Overall performance of a firm
  • B Price per unit of a product
  • C Cost per unit of a product
  • D Overall performance of a division
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Question 95:
X represents
  • A Bank charges
  • B An unpresented cheque
  • C Dividends
  • D An uncredited cheque
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